66 British Antarctic Expedition. 
my Antarctic voyage in 1895, I also found now that 
the seals we met were perfectly tame, or ignorant 
of the bloodthirstiness of civilization. We could go 
straight up to them before they started to move. 
On Janu- 
ary 8th- we 
saw the first 
specimen of 
phe 477 
nodytes For- 
sterit, but we 
did not suc- 
ceed in ѕе- 
curing it. In 
the after- 
noon WE 
found three 
white seals 
ош а dioe. 
There were 
two females 
and one 
male. Only 
one of them 
had started 
moulting, 
and EMNE 
new hair seemed much darker than the old. 
On January 12th the bird life was very rich. 
Especially were Pagodroma Nivea and Tagalassotca 
Glactaloides plentiful, and many of these latter, as well 
as the Daption Capen is, were swimming about in 
the open water catching crustacea. In the evening 
SEAL SHOOTING FROM THE BOWSPRIT. 
